1. I’d like to make it clear to everybody again that we are having a WordPress issue, which is leaving every comment left on the site in pending and thus not on the site. The comments haven’t been lost or deleted. I literally post every single thing somebody takes the time to leave, regardless of what they say. Please keep the comments on articles coming, because this problem should be resolved soon. For now, I will be personally copying and pasting the most intriguing comments from the last week under my name and then responding to them (as you can now see in the recent comments section on the right side of the site). I am sorry about this problem but our Network has recently moved our server to a different locaction, which has led to some technical problems.

2. I think the Bulls, Cavs, and Knicks all have an equal chance of landing LeBron tomorrow. It is amazing h0w one person could take the Knicks from the number five team in the New York sports market, to arguably the number one.

3. Today was actually a big day of Jets news and of all things…it was good contract news. The Jets locked in left tackle D’Brickashaw Ferguson to a monster extension, adding 6 years and 60 million dollars to his original deal and giving him 34.8 million guaranteed dollars, which is a record for an offensive lineman. The Jets also locked down 2nd round pick, guard Vladimir Ducasse to a four year deal for 3.25 million dollars. In a matter of hours, the Jets solidified the left side of their offensive line for the foreseeable future. We can only hope the Ferguson deal will help get the ball rolling on new contracts for the rest of the Jets core four, Darrelle Revis, Nick Mangold, and David Harris. Why do I have feeling Harris will be taken care of next? The Jets could be rewarding the players who kept the quietest about their contract negotiations first.

4. Follow Turn On The Jets on Facebook and Twitter (TurnOnTheJets)…if you do, I will convince LeBron to join the Knicks.

Antonio Cromartie: Boom Or Bust

Considering I just wrote an article today about how strong the Jets secondary is heading into the 2010 season, I thought a closer look at the biggest question mark in that position group was in order.

I was as skeptical as anybody about the Jets decision to trade for Antonio Cromartie this off-season but I have gradually began to talk myself into the move, especially hearing about the work he has done this off-season and watching him at mini-camp practice. However, you can’t get past how much of a wild-card he is heading into this year. The guy didn’t play good football the past two years with the San Diego Chargers, period. Even if he was hampered by a hip injury, there was still questions about his lack effort. Every Jets fan saw Cromartie’s aversion to tackling in the playoffs last year and his immaturity when he threw a late elbow into Shonn Greene’s back.

You can’t ignore the red flags of only 5 interceptions the past two years and 19 passes defensed, when he had 10 interceptions in 18 passes defensed in 2007. You can’t ignore his old organization questioning his effort on the field. You can’t ignore that he only had 33 tackles in 16 games last season.

However, you also can’t ignore the type of season Cromartie had in 2007 or the freak athleticism he has displayed on certain plays during his NFL career. There is a valid argument about Cromartie being a better man to man corner than a zone corner and the Jets system of defense playing to his strengths. He is going to see a ton of balls coming his way this season because of Revis Island being located on the other side of the field, meaning he will have plenty of chances to get his hands on the football and make big plays. Jets defensive coordinator Mike Pettine raved about the Cromartie acquisition this off-season to Manish Mehta of the Daily News

“I think he’s an upgrade over Lito – a clear upgrade over Lito. He fits our style of football. When you have your wide receiver line up outside the numbers, we’re going to eliminate him. That’s the one thing this kid can do…They played him off a lot (in San Diego), That’s a style thing. They’re more of a zone team. A lot of times, they roll their corners up and get them involved in run support. We don’t do that nearly as much. For what we do schematically – we play so much man coverage or zone coverages that turn into man down the field as anyone – (Cromartie) fits.”

All I know is that if Cromartie gets back to playing anywhere near his 2007 level, it is going to be nearly impossible to throw the football on the Jets. He is going to rack up a bunch of interceptions and probably a touchdown or two. On the other hand, if he can’t stay healthy or plays like he did the pat two years, Kyle Wilson is going to get thrown into the fire right away and we are going to see way more Dwight Lowery than any of us can stomach.

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and james you’re doing an awesome job with the video. seriously, the intro to the mini camp episode is great. the overall editing is impressive too.

wow episode 1 of TOTJ is one of the best jets videos i’ve seen. honestly there are not many good ones out there. i’m looking forward to seeing more great video. i know it’s a lot of work, but this is the season!

overall the blog is great, but the banner sucks though. there is also a lot of empty space above the banner. is that for advertising? anyway with the great writing and video you need a better banner :).

scubasnacks

I honestly have no clue why you would feel skeptical about the cromartie trade. we didnt give up too much for pure athlete and a corner who excels in man coverage which the jets love to play. Even when his numbers went down the past two years he still performed better than more than half the CBs in the league, besides any pick up for the jets at that position was an improvement from last year, so we shouldnt be too picky.

Joe Caporoso

POST FROM SCUBASNACKS

I honestly have no clue why you would feel skeptical about the cromartie trade. we didnt give up too much for pure athlete and a corner who excels in man coverage which the jets love to play. Even when his numbers went down the past two years he still performed better than more than half the CBs in the league, besides any pick up for the jets at that position was an improvement from last year, so we shouldnt be too picky.

Joe Caporoso

POST FROM RICK34125

hey joe you’re doing a great job writing about the jets. keep it up.

and james you’re doing an awesome job with the video. seriously, the intro to the mini camp episode is great. the overall editing is impressive too.

wow episode 1 of TOTJ is one of the best jets videos i’ve seen. honestly there are not many good ones out there. i’m looking forward to seeing more great video. i know it’s a lot of work, but this is the season!

overall the blog is great, but the banner sucks though. there is also a lot of empty space above the banner. is that for advertising? anyway with the great writing and video you need a better banner .

hey joe you’re doing a great job writing about the jets. keep it up.

and james you’re doing an awesome job with the video. seriously, the intro to the mini camp episode is great. the overall editing is impressive too.

wow episode 1 of TOTJ is one of the best jets videos i’ve seen. honestly there are not many good ones out there. i’m looking forward to seeing more great video. i know it’s a lot of work, but this is the season!

overall the blog is great, but the banner sucks though. there is also a lot of empty space above the banner. is that for advertising? anyway with the great writing and video you need a better banner

Joe Caporoso

Scuba…you make a good point, however I am just wondering if we will get the 2007 Cromartie or the 2008/2009 Cromartie.

Rick…I appreciate the compliments and can’t say I disagree about the banner but that part of the site is out of my control. you will have to talk to the kind people of Fanball about that.